What is the Disease Model
Disease of Addiction
What is a chronic brain disease?
We admitted we were powerless over alcoholism, that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is step one of Alcoholics Anonymous?
Founded in 1935 by Bill W. and Dr. Bob, this group has more than 115,000 groups world wide.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
Groups such as AA, NA, CMA, CA, Celebrate Recovery, Smart Recovery, Grief Groups, MOPS, etc.
What are Community Support Groups?
Abilities or talents employed to effectively respond to issues that result in disadvantage or adversity.
What are coping skills?
One does not drink safely.
Ex: Vomited, Drinking in excess, Drinking more to avoid withdrawal.
What is physical dependence?
Worked with a sponsor, action in recovery.
What are the 12 steps?
A 12-step program founded in 1953 by Jimmy Kinnon.
What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?
A step by step plan with action steps, triggers, and coping skills.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
Daily account of thoughts, feelings, activities, sometimes wrote in a notebook.
What is a journal?
Craving and/or obsession for substance.
Ex: Needing more, continuous thoughts about use, inability to think about anything else.
What is mental obsession?
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
What is step Six?
An American Christian twelve-step program designed to facilitate recovery from a wide variety of troubling behavior patterns.
What is Celebrate Recovery?
Spending time with other people.
What is utilizing healthy support network?
There is a long line of substance abuse in my family tree.
What is genetic predisposition?
Each step says this word versus the word "I"
What is "We?"
An international non-profit organization that provides assistance to individuals seeking abstinence from addiction. Self-Management and Recovery Training. Secular and science-based, using cognitive behavioral therapy and non-confrontational motivational methods
What is SMART Recovery?
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, and Maintenance.
What are the stages of change?
Running, Walking, Hitting the Gym
What is exercising?
Organ > Defect > Symptoms of Disease
What is the disease model?
This step is used to carry the message to others.
What is the 12th step?
Connecting with others, avoiding isolation, community engagement, forming new relationships.
What are benefits of support groups?
State of active, open attention to the present. This state encompasses observing one’s thoughts and feelings without judging them as good or bad.
What is Mindfulness?
Maintaining the triangle. Drinking water, exercising, practicing mindfulness, staying educated, journaling, staying balanced.